The Ohio Artist Registry (OAR) is an exciting opportunity for artists to share their work, connect with the creative community, and establish an online presence—all on a free, virtual platform! The OAR encourages artists working in all art forms, throughout Ohio and beyond, to create a profile, which allows them to better promote themselves and their work. Being listed in the OAR provides artists with new opportunities to share their work with clients, galleries, patrons, and audiences. A listing in the OAR does not confer an endorsement, approval, or verification by the Ohio Arts Council.
For more information, contact Kathy Signorino, artist programs director, at kathy.signorino@oac.ohio.gov or 614-728-6140.
I like the idea that fiber is created with the use of tension and relaxation. In order to make fabric, the fiber must be held under tension. When that tension is released, the fabric become supple and moldable. Fiber also carries and hold onto energies. I touch every single fiber in this work multiple times during its creation. I act as the conduit for the energy that is put into the work. Every work seems to develop its own story, every work seems to have its own personality and certainly has its own energy.
I have worked in a variety of mediums for seven decades. I began with crayon and rocks . I was a porcelain painter during the eighties, a bronze sculptor during the seventies. The nineties saw a great deal of ceramic tile painting with underglaze and overglaze on bisque tile..later I made quite a few relief mosaics from clay tiles made organic shapes.…
I learned photography at an early age from my father in Cleveland, and lived around the United States for twenty years after high school, returning to Ohio a few years ago. Since my first chance to shoot B&W film and print in the B-W darkroom during a high school summer course, I have had an eye towards the tonal variations and of monochrome photography.